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2010
- 7.5 Minute Quadrangle Project
- This presentation discusses the 7.5 minute quadrangle project by the University of North Texas (UNT) Libraries' Digital Projects Unit. This presentation gives the background, goals, processes, challenges, and next steps. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc84317/
- Better Guidelines, Better Functionality: How Metadata Supports the Cycle of System Improvement at the University of North Texas
- This presentation discusses how the University of North Texas Libraries' Digital Projects Unit established their metadata guidelines and how the guidelines work to support The Portal to Texas History and the University of North Texas Digital Library. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc29305/
- Better Guidelines, Better Functionality: How Metadata Supports the Cycle of System Improvement at the University of North Texas
- This paper discusses how metadata supports the cycle of system improvements at the University of North Texas (UNT). The UNT Libraries recently revised their Metadata Input Guidelines in order to improve usability and accessibility for metadata writers, and to enhance the quality of metadata that drives new features in their digital systems. This paper describes important considerations in the revision process and also demonstrates the relationship between quality metadata and system functionality that ultimately benefits both metadata creators and system end-users. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc29323/
- Challenges in Web Archiving UNT Perspective
- This presentation discusses making Web archives more usable for libraries, building digital library collections from Web content, and understanding how Web archives should fit into traditional library metrics. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc28361/
- Chronopolis and MetaArchive: Preservation Cooperation
- Abstract: This paper will examine ongoing work between two major preservation systems, the Chronopolis Digital Preservation Program, and the MetaArchive Cooperative. In the past year, these two systems have begun work on bridging their technical underpinnings to create a more robust, reliable, long-lived preservation community for their users. The main emphasis of this work is moving data between a LOCKSS-based system (MetaArchive) and an iRODS-based one (Chronopolis). This work also involves several other emerging preservation micro-service tools and practices, and the expertise of the University of North Texas (UNT) Digital Library in deploying them. The final result of this work is intended to be of three-fold benefit: 1) directly improving the services offered by Chronopolis and MetaArchive to their constituents; 2) offering specific technical findings which will be of benefit to other systems using LOCKSS and iRODS; and 3) contributing to the larger preservation community through the examination of organizational best practices for preservation system interactions. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc29823/
- Chronopolis, University of North Texas, MetaArchive: Preservation Cooperation
- This presentation discusses how preservation systems can share objects and specifically a collaboration between Chronopolis, MetaArchive, and the University of North Texas (UNT). digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc29802/
- Classification of the End-of-Term Archive: Extending Collection Development Practices to Web Archives
- This presentation is a brief outline of the End-of-Term archiving project done as a collaboration between the Library of Congress, the Internet Archive, the University of North Texas Libraries, and the California Digital Library. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc28355/
- Collaborative Digital Repository Opportunities
- This presentation discusses collaborative digital repository opportunities. The presentation offers questions and considerations as well as managing digital collections. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc139461/
- Digital Collection Development Policy: From Documenting Content to Documenting Process
- This poster discusses collection policies. Drawing from the experience of developing digital collections and a digital library infrastructure, the University of North Texas Libraries is developing a new collection policy specifically to meet the unique needs of digital collection building. This poster discusses new opportunities and challenges in digital life cycle managements in general. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc29289/
- Digital Curation: Curation Micro-services approach to Building Repositories
- This presentation discusses digital curation, preservation and stewardship. The author provides information on Curation Micro-Services. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc29803/
- Experience Talks: Post-Digitization Quality Control Strategies and Tools
- This presentation discusses strategies for quality control during the post-digitization phase. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc28348/
- Exploration of Adoption of Preservation Metadata in Cultural Heritage Institutions
- This paper discusses preservation metadata. Abstract: The challenges of long-term access are multifaceted, often requiring a mixture of approaches. Considering the critical role of metadata in any successful digital preservation strategy, the Preservation Metadata Implementation Strategies (PREMIS) has been extremely influential on providing a "core" set of metadata elements that support the digital preservation process. However, there is no evidence, in the form of previous research, as to what factors explain and predict the level of adoption of PREMIS. This paper attempts to identify factors that affect the adoption of PREMIS in cultural heritage institutions. The study employed a web-based survey to collect data from 123 participants in 20 countries as well as a semi-structured, follow-up telephone interview with a smaller sample of the survey respondents. Roger's diffusion of innovation theory was used as a theoretical framework. The main constructs considered for the study were relative advantage, compatibility, complexity, trialability, observability, and institution readiness. The analysis showed that all six factors influence the adoption of PREMIS in varying degrees. Results of a regression analysis also showed a statistically significant relationship. The R square value for the model was .528, which means that 52.8% of the variance in PREMIS adoption was explained by a combination of the six factors. This research just barely begins to show the many layers of the complex problem of digital preservation. This study has important implications for future research on preservation metadata and provides recommendations for researchers and stakeholders engaged in digital preservation and metadata standards development efforts. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc29321/
- "Good" Digital Collections
- This Tech Talks presentation covers the principles that apply to "good" digital collections and analyzes how objects, metadata, and the user interface together create the users' experience of a collection. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc29303/
- Infrastructure for the UNT Digital Library
- This presentation discusses the University of North Texas Libraries' Digital Projects Unit workflows, how they overcame challenges, and how the use of established models and standards helped them find solutions to the workflow. It presents the editing system created for the Digital Projects Unit, the organizational structure for each object, and identifiers. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc28347/
- Infrastructure for the UNT Digital Library
- This presentation discusses creating workflows for digitization projects as well as data models and descriptive metadata schema. It describes the processes of creating a workable model to digitize objects. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc28346/
- Integration of ETD into Topical Digital Library Collections: Facilitating ETD Use and Reuse
- Based on the University of North Texas (UNT) Libraries' experience, this poster examines the challenges and opportunities presented by integrating Electronic Theses and Dissertations (ETDs) into existing digital collections and demonstrates the role that ETDs can play in topical collection development in digital libraries. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc29290/
- Introduction to Metadata
- This presentation discusses what metadata is, the differences in syntax and semantics in metadata, and gives examples of associations and organizations that have developed metadata schemas. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc29307/
- jEdit
- This Tech Talks presentation discusses the jEdit text editor. jEdit is an open-source text editor available online which is used within the Digital Projects Lab for programming and for editing XML metadata files. In this Tech Talk, Metadata Librarian Hannah Tarver describes some of the ways that jEdit can be customized to make editing quicker and easier for documents that use mark-up languages or plain text. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc29306/
- Leveraging the Results of NDNP: the Texas Digital Newspaper Program
- This presentation discusses how the University of North Texas Libraries and The Portal to Texas History leveraged the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP) and created the Texas Digital Newspaper Program (TDNP). digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc28360/
- Metadata Tools and Workflows at the University of North Texas
- This presentation illustrates the metadata tools, workflows, and quality control measures at the University of North Texas (UNT) Libraries' Digital Projects Unit. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc29304/
- An NDNP Partnership
- This presentation discusses the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP) partnership between the University of North Texas (UNT) Libraries and the Oklahoma Historical Society. It offers a background on how this collaboration began, information on the workflows, and the successes and challenges. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc29800/
- OAI-ORE
- This presentation discusses how the Open Archive Initiative (OAI) and the Object Reuse and Exchange (ORE) are used in the University of North Texas (UNT) Digital Library. OAI-ORE define the standards for the description and exchange of aggregations of Web resources. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc28342/
- Open Source Components, Standards Conformance, and UCD: Building Blocks for Successfully Managing and Enhancing an Established Digital Archive
- This paper discusses open source components, standard conformance, and UCD. The Portal to Texas History is a gateway to cultural heritage collections from Texas libraries, museums, archives, historical societies, and private collections. From its initial release in 2004, the Portal's unique visitors had grown from 1,000 per month to over 20,000 per month. The user interface had become dated and the underlying digital asset management system (DAMS) did not readily support implementation of new functionality. The IOGENE project at the University of North Texas Libraries involved family history researchers, a major user group of archives, in a user-centered application development project to redesign the Portal's interface. At the outset of the project, an application development model was created to guide three teams: system development, interface design, and user studies. The legacy DAMS was replaced with an infrastructure and framework of open source components. Specifications and standard practices in critical areas were established. The Portal's newly minted interface and infrastructure debuted in two public releases in 2009. Subsequent to each release, usability tests were conducted and at the conclusion of the project, experiences and accomplishments were reviewed by the project teams. This review informed a revised application development model that may be of value and interest to both the user support staffs and technical organizations at other archives. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc28325/
- Open Source Components, Standards Conformance, and UCD: Managing and Enhancing an Established Digital Archive
- This presentation is about The Portal to Texas History and the IOGENE project and the strategies and steps involved in their development. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc28354/
- Storage 101: The Basics
- This presentation discusses storage options for digital content, questions to ask when planning, and things to consider for storing and digitizing data. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc28341/
- Texas Digital Library (TDL) Metadata Working Group Update
- This presentation provides an update on three projects the Texas Digital Library Metadata Working Group (TDL-MWG) is working on. These include designing a metadata information website, creating best practices for images and datasets, and creating metadata courses for Texas Digital Library (TDL) training. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc29302/
- UNT Digital Library Storage Architectures for Digital Collections
- This presentation discusses the University of North Texas (UNT) Digital Library Program and possible solutions for sudden growth in digital content. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc29804/